On the afternoon of June 30, in the 2023 Men’s Basketball World Cup Qualifying Group B match, the Chinese Men’s Basketball Team lost 269-76 to the Australian team. Despite the defeat in this campaign, the Chinese team's prospects for qualifying are still very optimistic. In the next two matches with , Chinese Taipei, and , the Chinese team only needs to win one of them to ensure that they qualify from the group and advance to the second stage.
After the China-Australia battle, the record of the four teams in Group B is: Australia 4 wins and 0 losses, China 2 wins and 1 loss, Japan 1 win and 3 losses, and Chinese Taipei 0 wins and 3 losses.
According to the rules, the top three teams in each group will qualify in the first stage of the Asian Region of the Men's Basketball World Cup Preliminaries. However, Japanese team directly advanced as the host of the World Cup. Therefore, Group B, where the Chinese team is located, actually only has 2 qualifying places left. That is, China, Australia, and Chinese Taipei compete for 2 out of 3. The Chinese team's record must beat one of the teams in order to advance to the next stage.
After losing this game, the Chinese team's record has been difficult to catch up with the Australian team. However, the Chinese team has three games left, one against Australia and two against Chinese Taipei. As long as one of the two games against Chinese Taipei is won, the opponent will only have 2 wins and 4 losses at most, while the Chinese team will have at least 3 wins and 3 losses. The ranking will overtake Chinese Taipei and qualify from the group.
At 15:10 pm on July 1, Beijing time, the Chinese team will face the Chinese Taipei team . This game is very likely to become the qualifying battle for the Chinese men's basketball team.
